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September 1, 2010

G133: Red Sox 9, Orioles 6

Home runs from Marco Scutaro and Adrian Beltre keyed a six-run seventh and Lester (6-8-5-2-10, 120) settled down after being completely at sea in the first 1.2 innings.

Lester gave up six hits, one walk, one HBP, and five runs to the first 13 Orioles -- but then retired 11 in a row, striking out five of six batters at one point. He loaded the bases in the sixth, but escaped.

Meanwhile, the Sox chipped away. Ryan Kalish capped an 11-pitch at-bat with an RBI double in the second. J.D. Drew hit a solo dong in the fifth. In the seventh, Darnell McDonald singled and, one out later, Scutaro hit a two-run shot down the left field line to tie the game at 5-5. Drew walked and scored on Victor Martinez's double to give Boston a 6-5 lead. After David Ortiz was intentionally walked, Beltre's three-run bomb made it 9-5.

Boston kept pace with New York and Tampa Bay. The Yankees beat the A's 4-3 and the Rays beat the Blue Jays 2-1. The Red Sox are 7 GB the Rays in the WC, with 29 games to play.

Arrieta made his debut on June 10 against the Yankees. In 15 starts, the 24-year-old right-hander has a 5.10 ERA. In 83 innings, he has allowed 88 hits and 46 walks, for an unsightly 1.614 WHIP. (Which means he'll throw a complete-game, five-hitter tonight.)

Marco Scutaro's rotator cuff in his right shoulder hurts so much that he is unable to practice. "He can't throw", according to coach Tim Bogar, so any infield work Scutaro gets is during games. Mike Lowell says Scutaro

needs to be commended as opposed to criticized. ... [H]e's giving everything he's got and I think that's pretty good.

In August, Scutaro batted .237/.273/.298 -- batting either leadoff (22 times) or second (5 times). And he can't throw properly. That's not "pretty good". That's shit. And at this point, there's no reason to keep running him out there every night, a la Mark Loretta in 2006 (.193/.274/.252 in 33 games after August 27).

1906 - Philadelphia's Jack Coombs and Boston's Joe Harris each pitch 24 innings in what will be the longest AL game until May 8, 1984. The A's win 4-1 in 4:47. Coombs faces 89 batters -- going through the Boston lineup nearly 10 times. The innings-pitched record is second only to Joe Oeschger and Leon Cadore, who each went 26 innings on May 1, 1920.

2007 - Clay Buchholz pitches a 10-0 no-hitter over the Orioles in his second career start. (Dustin Pedroia liked it.)

If they cancel our flight, of course, we will have to wait. But we can't just change the tickets. We tried to do that a week ago for different reasons, and the change fee was ridiculous. We are going for a family wedding. The wedding is not until Sunday, so if we can't leave til Saturday, that's fine.

Very true, MGT. I remember when my dad had a flight cancelled - two months in advance.

He bitched about it, until I told him he was an idiot - at least they gave him advance notice and offered to put him on any other flight from any other airport in the area on any day for free! And he had ample time to book it. Not like showing up to the airport, sitting around for 4 hours and getting stuck on some flight with a 7 hour turnaround in des moines.

i really hope lester's post game interview is something like "yeah, i figured we were playing baltimore so i didn't have to throw quality pitches, i mean, its the fucking orioles - same thing as last week against the jays. but they're a bit better and they have the home run king, and lyle ooooooooverbay, so they rocked me before i could settle in. don't worry about it, when we play good teams like tampa on friday, i'll try. fuck baltimore"

i seriously question some decisions that are made. bard didn't pitch last saturday because they don't want to burn him out with a focus for 2011. all these prospects are getting daily playing time - with a focus for 2011.

but scutaro is run out there every day with a bum arm, while we have a more than able backup option for him (lowrie ss / hall 2b). focus for 2011 maybe? he is signed to a 2 year...

I LOVE breakfast for dinner or for lunch. Eggs, pancakes, French toast---good ANY time. I even have eaten cold cereal for dinner when feeling really lazy. I never eat this stuff (except the cereal) for real breakfast---too heavy to start the day. But for lunch or dinner, count me in!

jamie oliver: "if you're lucky, you're going to live for about seventy-five years and you're going to be eating three times a day, every single day for the rest of your life - you might as well learn how to cook properly and enjoy it!"

thats what i figure, may as well eat something decent if i have to eat.

scuts here for 2011. fine. let him lead iglesias in.v-mart i would be ok with a 2-3 year deal.ortiz, give him the 1.beltre will demand a big one after this year, could've been 'lightning in a bottle' type deal here, and im afraid the red sox will go all lowelly on him with a big contract then he will go all lowelly.

This game has turned around nicely, BUT I'M STILL STEAMED about Tito asking Bill Hall (17 homers on the season) to BUNT with nobody out and men on first and second down by one run. WTF! the bunt was "successful" bunt no runs scored in the inning. I might understand it if you have a bad, weak hitter like Cash.

Castig talking about the Verizon switch again where a Yankee announcer visits the WEEI booth and one of them goes over to WFAN. I heard it last year. It was positively eerie; like the enemy had aurally invaded your home territory.